Congrats, Justice Teaching Fellows!

Giving back to the community is one of my passions, along with the law.

That’s why I was so pleased to chair the NC Bar’s Law-Related Education Advisory Committee last year and co-chair the committee that developed The North Carolina Bar Association’s third Justice Teaching Institute (JTI) this year.

Hosted by the Charlotte School of Law and held Aug. 3-5 in Charlotte, thirty-four  North Carolina educators were installed as Justice Teaching Fellows after a rigorous study of issues that are relevant to the history and events  in North Carolina’s legal history.

Program details

Proposed in 2001 by then-Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake Jr. of the N.C. Supreme Court, the JTI was adapted from a Florida program that provides teachers with the information and background they need to better understand and convey the depth and breadth of the legal system to their students.

“Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘Without an informed citizenry, democracy cannot work.’ ” said Justice Teaching Fellow Lynn Tutterow who teaches social studies at Davie County High School in Mocksville. “Your conference provided me with more tools to help high school students graduate with skills needed to be informed citizens.”